check
/tʃek/
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Definition
Noun:
- A pattern of squares: A design consisting of alternating squares, often of two colors, resembling a chessboard.
- A mark of verification: A symbol (often ✓) used to indicate that something has been examined, approved, or completed.
- A written order for payment: A document instructing a bank to pay a specific amount of money from one person's account to another.
- A restraint or control: Something that stops, limits, or controls an action or process.
- A sudden stop or pause: An interruption or halt in progress or movement.
- An inspection or verification: The act of examining something to ensure accuracy, condition, or safety.
- (Chess) A direct attack on the king: A move that places the opponent's king under immediate threat of capture.
Verb:
- To examine for accuracy: To inspect or verify something to ensure it is correct, functioning, or in order.
- To stop or restrain: To halt the progress or growth of something; to control or hold back.
- To mark with a check (✓): To put a mark next to an item on a list to show it has been dealt with.
- To correspond or match: To be in agreement or consistency with something else.
- To deposit for safekeeping: To leave an item (like a coat or luggage) in a temporary storage area.
- (Chess) To attack the opponent's king: To make a move that directly threatens the opponent's king.
Examples of Usage
Noun:
- She wore a shirt with a red and white check. (Pattern of squares)
- Put a check next to each completed task. (Mark of verification)
- He wrote a check to pay the rent. (Written order for payment)
- The new law acted as a check on corporate power. (Restraint or control)
- The project came to a sudden check due to lack of funding. (Sudden stop)
- The mechanic performed a safety check on the plane. (Inspection)
- The knight put the king in check. (Chess attack)
Verb:
- Please check your work for errors. (Examine for accuracy)
- The fence helps to check the spread of weeds. (Stop or restrain)
- Check the box if you agree to the terms. (Mark with a check)
- His story doesn't check with the facts. (Correspond or match)
- We can check our bags at the front desk. (Deposit for safekeeping)
- She checked my king with her bishop. (Chess attack)
Advanced Usage
"to check in": To register one's arrival at a hotel, airport, or event.
- We need to check in at the hotel by 3 PM.
"to check out": To leave a hotel after paying the bill; or to investigate or look at something.
- We will check out of the hotel tomorrow. (Leave)
- You should check out that new restaurant. (Investigate)
"to check up on": To investigate or verify the condition or truth of something or someone.
- The doctor wants to check up on your recovery next week.
"to hold/keep in check": To control or restrain something.
- The government struggled to keep inflation in check.
Variants and Related Words
- Checker (n): A person or thing that verifies; also, one of the squares in a check pattern.
- Checkered (adj): Having a pattern of checks; marked by varied fortunes or experiences (e.g., a past).
- Checklist (n): A list of items to be checked or completed.
- Checkpoint (n): A place where people or vehicles are stopped for inspection.
- Checkmate (n/v): (Chess) A move that ends the game by putting the king in an inescapable position; used figuratively to mean a final defeat.
Synonyms
- Noun (Restraint): Curb, restraint, limitation, control.
- Noun (Inspection): Examination, inspection, verification, audit.
- Verb (Examine): Inspect, verify, examine, confirm.
- Verb (Stop): Halt, stop, arrest, curb, restrain.
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Check into: To register one's arrival; to investigate.
- We will check into the hotel. I'll check into those rumors.
- Check off: To mark items on a list as completed.
- Check off each item as you pack it.
- Check over: To examine something carefully.
- The engineer checked over the blueprints.
- Check through: To examine a series of items.
- Please check through these documents for errors.
Related Idioms
- A reality check: An occasion that causes one to face the truth of a situation.
- Losing that game was a reality check for the overconfident team.
- Check and balance: A system where different groups control each other's power.
- The constitution establishes a system of checks and balances.
- Take a rain check: To politely decline an offer but suggest you may accept it later.
- I can't join tonight, but I'll take a rain check.
Noun
- (chess) a direct attack on an opponent's king
- obstructing an opponent in ice hockey
- the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess
- his common sense is a bridle to his quick temper
- a textile pattern of squares or crossed lines (resembling a checkerboard)
- she wore a skirt with checks
- a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something
- something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
- a mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc.
- as he called the role he put a check mark by each student's name
- the act of inspecting or verifying
- they made a check of their equipment
- the pilot ran through the check-out procedure
- additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct
- fossils provided further confirmation of the evolutionary theory
- the state of inactivity following an interruption
- the negotiations were in arrest
- held them in check
- during the halt he got some lunch
- the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow
- he spent the entire stop in his seat
- the bill in a restaurant
- he asked the waiter for the check
- an appraisal of the state of affairs
- they made an assay of the contents
- a check on its dependability under stress
- a written order directing a bank to pay money
- he paid all his bills by check
Verb
- become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
- The glass cracked when it was heated
- make cracks or chinks in
- The heat checked the paint
- arrest the motion (of something) abruptly
- He checked the flow of water by shutting off the main valve
- verify by consulting a source or authority
- check the spelling of this word
- check your facts
- find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort
- I want to see whether she speaks French
- See whether it works
- find out if he speaks Russian
- Check whether the train leaves on time
- write out a check on a bank account
- place into check
- He checked my kings
- hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
- Arrest the downward trend
- Check the growth of communism in South East Asia
- Contain the rebel movement
- Turn back the tide of communism
- decline to initiate betting
- mark into squares or draw squares on; draw crossed lines on
- stop in a chase especially when scent is lost
- The dog checked
- abandon the intended prey, turn, and pursue an inferior prey
- hand over something to somebody as for temporary safekeeping
- Check your coat at the door
- consign for shipment on a vehicle
- check your luggage before boarding
- develop (children's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control
- Parents must discipline their children
- Is this dog trained?
- block or impede (a player from the opposing team) in ice hockey
- be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics
- The two stories don't agree in many details
- The handwriting checks with the signature on the check
- The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun
- be verified or confirmed; pass inspection
- These stories don't check!
- slow the growth or development of
- The brain damage will retard the child's language development
- put a check mark on or near or next to
- Please check each name on the list
- tick off the items
- mark off the units
- stop for a moment, as if out of uncertainty or caution
- She checked for an instant and missed a step
- lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits
- moderate your alcohol intake
- hold your tongue
- hold your temper
- control your anger
- be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something
- He verified that the valves were closed
- See that the curtains are closed
- control the quality of the product
- make an examination or investigation
- check into the rumor
- check the time of the class
- examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition
- check the brakes
- Check out the engine